I was reading this from American Interest and I don't agree with the final conclusions nor the obvious anti-Russian bias in the paper but the premise was right and led me to dig into the idea that Greece is being secretly financed by Russia. I know Putin's goal is to fracture NATO but I thought he'd do it more with a setting-maul than with a scalpal but it looks as if his goal is to use the latter and not against NATO directly but against the foundation of NATO, "the EU". The paper is correct that Ukraine represents the utter failure of NATO and the EU. It shows Lithuania (for example) that there can be no savior if their 30% Russians decide to rebel.
Of course it does fail. Obama should cooperate with Russia to benefit of the USA and European economy and war against terror. Instead, he decided to make a coup in Kiev and this changed the history of USA/Russian relationships for many years to come.
Impossible due to Geopolitical factors. You really do not understand how important the world financial system currently exists upon what is called the Littoral trade system. http://www.heritage.org/research/re...nsionism-in-east-asia-and-us-policy-responses Since about 1780s-1880s the British Empire forced the closure of the "Silk Road" which was for 10,000 years the richest trade route in the World and connected the "World Island" through internal lines of communication. This closure benefited only the Anglo-world and the US is the inheritor of this benefit. With a strong Russia and with a Russian/Chinese dominated "central Asia" the ressurrection of the Silk Road and the destruction of US-trade dominance in Littoral Asia means the end of American hegemony. In the book "The Great Game" starting with crimean war; the British Empire attempted to attack Russia's pre-eminence over the Silk Road directly, and to invade from India into Afghanistan to take over Central Asia from the Russians. This policy failed and a more or less destabilization policy took place. 1917 was the direct consequence even if an unintended outcome of that policy process. Today we are wittnessing the reversal of all these efforts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostrategy_in_Central_Asia
hows that bet doing on Germany's loan to Greece HA HA putins has a royal flush i see so far in the game http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_30/01/2015_546703
I think it would drive a steak in the heart of EU if Russia just offered to finance Greek debt and told the Greeks to default on all their EU obligations.
but putin knows greece has gold mines good collateral http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...lan-for-greece/article11584259/?from=11584840 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...t-opposes-canadian-gold-mine/article22716650/
Interesting find Tucker, I'm a big fan of Greece becoming a tiny-super-power. Any nation with enough efficiency can do it (Swtizerland). But the Greeks have some awakening to do if they are to follow-through and namely they have to roll-back the dead-Turks from Anatolia which rightfully belongs to Christ. But that's another conversation. Russia could be a boone for Greek development. Russia needs to foward-think, the world-island (Eurasia-African landmass) needs to be effectively tied together via a new Silk Road if it is to effectively undermine the Littoral-Asiatic trade exploited by US-UK. That meanst they need a quasi-functioning Europe.
sounds like your doing your homework building a new empire .use this to jump start it http://business.financialpost.com/2...ver-eldorado-gold-mine-puts-recovery-to-test/
White House spokesman Josh Ernest: "With regard to the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, the president (Barack Obama) is not willing to do this for the reason that you can not solve the problem by military means ..." In other words, the United States admitted defeat in the war in Ukraine. And as a consequence - US resolution its citizens and private banks transaction with the Crimea, said Friday the US Treasury. But we will see grimaces and jumps of the American political elite. They will try to "save face". Will hear a number of bezsmyslenno threats, may be banned from entering the US for some not relevant personas. Speaking at the same time about "how terrible dies Russia." It will be funny. So you can buy popcorn and enjoy the show.
One would think that if a battalion of Russian-Israelis is fighting for the East Ukraine federalists there would be not much more US support for Porko but I don't think ordinary Jews have that much influence. http://seansrussiablog.org/2014/06/04/3510/
